Anderson County TN Beekeepers Association

11/24/2023

Here's an interesting article about bees and Dutch Bros coffee.

https://www.phoenixmag.com/2023/01/06/sting-operation-dutch-bros-bee-problem/?fbclid=IwAR1iZKAJHaz-15Or13VXPywPQAwnbnz1UfwRViKORUw8q9-OaRnd2938EhY #:~:text=It%20was%20Elmore%2C%20later%20hired,the%20syrup%20and%20getting%20sick

09/25/2023

Check out this free live stream event hosted by the TBA, Tennessee bees for kids!

2023 Honeybee Tennessee Live Stream Information

https://www.facebook.com/HoneyBeeTennessee

07/29/2023

https://www.wvlt.tv/2023/07/28/muse-knoxville-opens-new-exhibit-honeybees/?fbclid=IwAR1afW6NTkSZKxbnuYr6u1NOSD4nxVKP9IsQ3hqhrd12uSFVLNh59j07tYQ

It’s called the “We-Bee-Long” Garden. It has interactive elements, panels and expanded gardens in Chilhowee Park.

05/20/2023

HAPPY WORLD BEE DAY! Today we’re set up at Grow Oak Ridge farmers market to celebrate our favorite flying friends! Swing by to say hello and learn some tips about saving our pollinators.
🐝🌻🍯💛

05/14/2023

📢📢 our monthly meeting is TOMORROW! new friends and old, come learn with us and have a bite to eat! Topic’s tomorrow include:
🐝 pests in the hive
🐝 good or bad signs with a nuc/package install
🐝 swarm catching tips
🐝 how to register your apiary

Bring your Q and As, stories from the apiary, beekeeping hacks, and smiling faces!

04/21/2023

We’re all set up for the first Sheep Shearing day at the Museum of Appalachia near our beautiful new cabin hive! come on out and say hello! 🐝🍯

04/15/2023

See everyone Monday at 6:30 at the Clinton Community Center for our monthly meeting! This month we will be talking about how and when to add honey supers, grafting with breeder queens, and will have an open style Q&A session with members!

03/28/2023

Nuc install into a beautiful new hive this afternoon 🐝💜

03/17/2023

📢📢 Monthly meeting coming up! Monday March 20 at the Clinton Community Center. Meeting starts at 6:30! See everyone there! 🐝💛

03/07/2023

🎉 It’s finally field day! 🎉
To all of our friends, new and old, come on out to Erin’s Meadow for our hands-on learning session!
📢📢 if you attended our beginners beekeeping school in November and attend field day you will be eligible to win a FREE hive grant 📢📢

02/26/2023

02/25/2023

WOW! What an incredible turnout at Anderson Farmers Co-op for the second annual bee meeting! thanks for having us out and letting us share what we love 🐝🍯💛

02/21/2023

For those of you who are active members of the ACBA we will be inviting you to our private page soon.

02/21/2023

Posting a photo of my hive stand. You can find plans online for similar stands.

02/14/2023

🐝💛

Happy Valentines Day!
Saint Valentine- Patron Saint Of Beekeepers And Lovers

Thy love is sweeter than honey
Throughout history, honey bees have been associated with love. Myths from ancient Egypt and Greece highlight the powerful romantic effect bees have on humans—from cupid dipping his arrows in honey, to Ra, the sun god’s tears becoming bees and helping him woo back his lost love.

In some cultures, before a wedding, the bride and groom to-be walk through a swarm of bees—if neither of them are stung, then their love is meant to be. And honey is thought by many to be a powerful “love potion”, encouraging feelings of attraction and romance.

Protector of Beekeepers
Bees symbolize love and beekeepers symbolize the protection of marriage and family. By managing their hives and caring for their bees, beekeepers ensure that their bee colonies flourish and the honey continues its sweet flow. Keeping bees is a special calling- it requires scientific know-how, but also requires a kind and gentle heart. To protect these protectors of bees, St. Valentine was made the patron saint of Beekeepers in 496 AD.

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas from the ACBA.